Garment.



A. L. DAUTRBY.

GARMBNT. APPLICATION FILED APR.15. 1909.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

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f ANDREW L. DAUTREY, orrourivor ILLINoIs.

.GARMENT To all whom it may concern Improvements in Garments,I of which thev 'following is a specification* i The invention relates to 'improvements in I i garments, and-is more particularly directed the 'Objt being primarily'gained'by securing the POCket material in'rear of and wholly; wflee fI'om-the'i'nnei facing; 25

-Figure 1. .is a broken elevation, showing that portonfof the garment in which 'the pocket-is .a-ppl-ied, Athe cloth lbeing 'partly 'pocket when the to a .pocketconstruction therefor, iriwhicli witlfout.- thefuse of additional parts beyond those used in"e the ordinary pocket, a'fclosuie for the pocket .opening is rovided, which will vprevent vltlieescipe o v articles in the garment is inver-ted o r otherwise turned.

The present invention i-sparticuiarly, di-

'rect'ed toan improvement 'in the side pockets of trousers, and-its main object.l resides In' the utilization` of vthe inner facing [of such pocket 'as la closure.- for the pocket entrance,

broken away to 'show the inner face *..oxfj the pocket'. Fig; 2 .is a si1ii'lar viewfroingt-he opposite side', the pocket .being partly Abroken away to 'show-fthe inner facing.- -,.Fig. Bis' a section onjline 3-8 4of Fig. 1,lo'olring .from

l beneath.

. Referring particularly' to' the 'a ccoinpan'yf ing .drawings,':the pocket asgisliisualjis.. formed at the juncture between the' hack section 1 and side orl forward section'y 2' fofthef trousers..v As ordinarily constructedthe innerY surface ofthe forward section Q is provided in that portion overlying the pock'etentrance with a facing section 3 hereinafter termed the .outer facing of-1 vthe pocket.' The rear section 1 is-also provided at thepocket opening with'a facing'se'ction 4, hereinafter 'termed theinnerfacing of the pocket. f

The pocket 5 made u 'l ofthe iisnalbag-F like formfand as ordinari y constructed a nd applied is formed ,with 'angentrance opening,

one edge of which is secured tort-he outer face 3 while the oppositeedge issecnred to tl'ne forward or free edge of the inner facing longitudinal strip lTheimprovement p artl` Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A111312', 1910. Application filed April 15,- 1909, .:ASeri a1 No. 489,999. Y.

l. Q-LASl thus constructed the inner facing is in effect a partof the pocket wall; In the present invention, lioweiier,A it is proposed 'to utilize the inner facingas-ia'closure for which purpose tl'ie inner facing n iiistbe left entirely free of all connection with the pocket. A"Therefore", in securing-the pocket.

5i'inplaceone edge of l the entrance-opening therein, as 6, is seciiredg-'tb the; relatively .opposite edge of said entrance openii'ig, as? 7, is secured 'directly to the reafi"" sectioii 1. ofthe'trousers immediately adjacent, or in rear of the seain'joining the two sections 1 and .2.V ."Inother'vwords the entrance opening tothe. 'pocket -is secured adjacentr the Arespectively .opposing edges of the two facings, .on'ebeing secured to the rear edge `of the outerfacing vand the Otlierinfrear of the rear edge ofthe inner facing;

ticle is only secured to the garment 'material on the seam line joining the I'front and rear i portions 1 and 2 of. tliegarnient, itisob- The 'inventionwill bedescribed in the following specification, vreference being' had `particularly.-tothe accompanying drawings,

ableid to increa'se'its size .without arranging its advance edge too farlforward. of' the seam vjoinrngthe sections'gl' and 1-. asa-[considerable portion of the pocket is lby-.tliis arrangenient disposed inre'ar ofsaid'seann as will be clearly -apparenttfrom the drawings. To

'assist-tlie-'innerfacing'in forming an 'effective 'dm'e I SHghQY-'St'fn the saine by a pf' Stlefllll material, as Canvas OIT the like.

vdesigned for use in connection with'. pockets of trousers and in.: st-ructiiajl 'detr4 isfadvantageous in the 'art-in-tlia:t' itfreqiiires no further, seaining 4orf-.no additionalf-iiiaterial over thatusnally' employed. for the purpose, the

advanta'ge'gaine'd being incident solely to` the securing-of the rear 'edge of the 'pocket whollv freev from connection with the inner facing thereof. Y,

Har/ing thus described the invention what is claimed as nerir is;- y

A garment mciuding connected sectlons arranged to form a pocketentrancqan outer/ `facing secured to one Wall of thek entrance,

and a pocket having an entrencetopening one edge of which-is secured to the outer facing and the opposing edge secured to the garment 1n rear-of the' connection between the ,inner facing and said. garment, said 1n ner fcing being Wholly free of connection 'with the pocket and .with the ygabrmer'it except in linewith the pocket entrance, and 'a' *stffening reinforce forthe inner facing. l

Witnesses:

In testimony whereof I aiX myeigneture 15 inpresence of two witnesses.'

M. L. VVINDMOimm Slet/[UND LEVY.- 

